Transom opener or closer.



No. 635,597. Patented Dot. 24,1899,

. C. A. RICHARDS.

TRANSOM OPENER 0R BLUSEB.

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' 11 llipull lllillililiumm IlNrrn STATES CHARLES A. RICHARDS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TRANSOM OPENER oacLosER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,597, dated October 24, 1899.

Application filed June 4, 1898. Serial No. 682,590- (No model.)

T0 @ZZ wiz/0m it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLns A. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transom Openers or Closers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to transom-lifters more especially designed for use with transoms which turn or swing on vertical pivots; and the nature of the invention consists in providing a vertical transom-rod the lower end of which projects below a bracket and has pivoted thereto and in direct line therewith a handle adapted to be raised and lowered for engagement or disengagement with notches on the under side of the bracket to releaseand lock the rod, and in the combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed as new.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective View of a portion of a door with a transom and transom opener and closer in place. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section taken at the juncture of the transom-rod and handle. Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of the 4parts at the juncture of the transom-lock and handle, and Fig. 4 shows a bottom plan view of the holding-bracket at the juncture of the transom-rod and handle.

In making my improved transom opener and closer as applied to a transom A, which is pivoted, preferably, so as to swing on pivots at its center, I attach to the transom an arm B, which extends out from the transom a desired distance and then turns downwardly, as shown in Fig. l. A link C is pivotally connected to the end of the arm B and to the top end of the transom-rod D. This transom-rod is supported at its upper end through a bracket d, screwed or otherwise fastened to the door-casing. It is then bent so as to form a crank CZ', turning up at the end to pivotally engage with the end of the link C. This arrangement will be readily understood from an examination of Fig. I. The lower end of the transom-rod is seated, preferably, in a sleeve E, to which it is attached by a pin c, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the two will rotate together. The sleeve E passes through a bracket F, provided with a flange f, by which it may be screwed or otherwise attached to the door-casing, as shown in Fig. l. The sleeve E is provided with a ring or flange e', which permits it to rest on the bracket F while freely turning therein. As the transom-rod and sleeve may, if preferred, be made integrally or as a single piece, I shall term the whole the transom-rod except where I mention the sleevebyname. Theloweredgeofthebracket F is provided with a number of notches f', as shown in Figs. 3 and 4l. The lower end of the transom-rod, however made, extends down below the bracket a desired distance and is split or bifurcated, so as to permit the upper end of the handle G to be arranged between the forks or members of the lower end. The handle is pivoted to these members by means of a pin g, (particularly shown in Fig.2,) so that it can be turned or oscillated to one side as may be desired. The upper end of the handle is flattened, so as to rest between the forks or members, and one of its upper cor ners is beveled or turned off, as shown at g in Fig. 2. When the handle is dependent, as shown in the drawings, its upper end rests in the notches f', arranged on the lower side of the bracket F. When in this position, it cannot be rotated or turned on its longitudinal axis; but when it is swung out on its pivot g to a position at right angles to its position when in the notches its upper end passes out from the notches f', so that the rod can be turned or rotated, and when the end of the handle comes into register with other notches f the handle may be straightened into its down or locking position, as shown in the drawings. In order to turn the transom-rod, so as to open or close the transom, the handle is turned to the position where its upper end will be free from the notches, when it may be turned a desired distance, which opens or closes the transom, and then it is turned down into its locking position, with its upper end in the notches f', 'so as to lock the transom in the position to which it has been turned, whether such position be one in which it is entirely closed or in which it is partially opened. The handle serves to turn the transom-rod and to open and close the transom and also to lock it in desired position.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a transomrod,means IOO for connecting the transom-rod with a trzmlower side and a pivoted handle attached to soin, a. bracket provided with notches in its lower side, and a pivoted handle attached to the lower end of the transom-rod and in a direct line therewith and adapted to have its upper end turned into and ont of the notches in the bracket, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a t1'^anso1nrod,1neans for connecting the transom-rod with a. tranxo som, e bracket provided With notches in its the lower end of the transom-rod and having one of its upper corners rounded or beveled to permit its upper end to be turned into the notches in the bracket With :L czun action and r 5 thus lock th e parts,substzmtially as described.

CHARLES A. RICHARDS. Witnesses.:

THOMAS A. BANNING, THOMAS B. MCGREGOR. 

